Re: Folders suddenly gone

From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:03:04 -0700

Open OE and create four new folders with the exact same names. Copy a
message from any working folder into each new folder. Go back to
Windows Explorer and expand the path to the OE folder, but do not
open it. Click on Desktop and you should see the four folders in the
left pane. Drag them to the OE folder. You will get a prompt that the
folder already exists, do you want to overwrite? Click Yes. Repeat
for the other 3 folders. Open OE and the folders you created should
now have all the old messages in them instead of the one you copied
to them. 

-- 
     Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~
"Bob Fliegel" <rfliegel@se.rr.com> wrote in message 
news:5AA1EA97-79FD-41BE-BC7E-76F3D623A48D@microsoft.com...
> I've moved the .dbx files to the desktop, but I don't understand 
> HOW one
> opens a .dbx file to retrieve any one of the msgs contained therein 
> in order
> to copy it to the same named folder in OE. These are .dbx files, 
> not folders.
>
> -- Bob
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Right click on the four folders and drag them to the Desktop. 
>> Select
>> Move Here. Open OE and Create folders with the same names as the 
>> ones
>> on your desktop. ***Copy a message from any folder to the new 
>> one.***
>> Close OE. Go to back to Windows Explorer and drag the desktop 
>> folders
>> to the OE store folder with the same name. Prompt - "Do you want 
>> to
>> overwrite......."? Click Yes.
>>
>>     Bruce Hagen
>> MS MVP - (IE/OE)
>>         ~IB-CA~
>>
>> "Bob Fliegel" <rfliegel@se.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:DB460C54-908C-4593-B8F1-57FDAA7F4FA5@microsoft.com...
>> > Jim,
>> >
>> > Apparently I haven't been clear enough in describing my prob. I 
>> > had
>> > been
>> > aware of the location of the store folder; I just didn't know it
>> > was called
>> > that. Inside my store folder reside all of the .dbx files that I
>> > would expect
>> > to find there. They consist of both those message folders that I
>> > can still
>> > access from within OE and a few that have recently "disappeared"
>> > from the
>> > list of folders under Local Folders. Therefore, I don't see the
>> > sense of
>> > reimporting the .dbx files that already exist in the store 
>> > folder.
>> > My guess
>> > is that those few (4) files have become corrupted and that the
>> > messages
>> > contained within them are no longer recognized by folders.dbx. 
>> > Does
>> > that make
>> > sense to you?
>> >
>> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>> >
>> >> See this info about how to insert a single dbx file into the 
>> >> Store
>> >> folder:
>> >> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
>> >>
>> >> You can determine the location of the message store folder by
>> >> opening
>> >> Outlook Express, clicking Tools/Options/Maintenance and then 
>> >> click
>> >> the Store
>> >> Folder button.  Use the tab key to move about the popup menu 
>> >> until
>> >> the
>> >> source to the file is highlighted, then press Ctrl+C to copy it 
>> >> to
>> >> the
>> >> clipboard.  Now close Outlook Express.  Go to the Start/Run 
>> >> line
>> >> and press
>> >> Ctrl+V to paste in the info from the clipboard and Windows
>> >> Explorer will
>> >> take you to the message store folder where you can do the
>> >> procedure outlined
>> >> in the link above.  Be aware if running Windows 2000 or XP, 
>> >> that
>> >> the dbx
>> >> files in the store folder are hidden by the operating system, 
>> >> so
>> >> you may
>> >> need to click in Windows Explorer, the menu Tools/Folder 
>> >> Options
>> >> then click
>> >> the View tab and check the option to "Show hidden files and
>> >> folders."
>> >>
>> >> BTW, the store folder does not contain the name store in its
>> >> title.  It can
>> >> be named many things depending on the system installed.
>> >> -- 
>> >> Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
>> >> Please reply only to newsgroup.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Bob Fliegel" <rfliegel@se.rr.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:2A940B1B-CD7C-444D-811F-919FC021D276@microsoft.com...
>> >> > What is the name of OE's store folder? I did a search of the
>> >> > hard drive
>> >> > for
>> >> > "store" and found no store folder assoc with OE. Please
>> >> > understand that
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > talking about a .dbx file that's now on the desktop, but 
>> >> > which
>> >> > used to be
>> >> > at
>> >> > the end of an OE path until I cut and pasted it there. In 
>> >> > short,
>> >> > I don't
>> >> > think there's anything to overwrite unless the store folder 
>> >> > you
>> >> > cite is
>> >> > one I
>> >> > haven't yet found.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Kath Adams" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Yes, MOVE the folder on your desktop (it IS a folder!) to 
>> >> >> OE's
>> >> >> store
>> >> >> folder. It will ask if you want to overwrite, say yes.
>> >> >> Kath
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Bob Fliegel wrote:
>> >> >> > But HOW do I overwrite it? Copy and paste the .dbx file 
>> >> >> > (it's
>> >> >> > not a
>> >> >> > folder) on the desktop into the OE folder?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Kath Adams" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Create a folder in OE with the same name, move a message
>> >> >> >> into it,
>> >> >> >> close OE and then overwrite it with the correct folder on
>> >> >> >> your
>> >> >> >> desktop.
>> >> >> >> Kath
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Bob Fliegel wrote:
>> >> >> >>> OK, I've cut one of the .dbx folders out of OE and 
>> >> >> >>> pasted
>> >> >> >>> it on the
>> >> >> >>> desktop. Now what workaround are you referring to, that
>> >> >> >>> which
>> >> >> >>> requires creating a new identity?
>> >> >> <snip>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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